windows standalone seems double the file size in every version past 8.14

[Tom Glod]

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On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 4:12 PM, Tom Glod <tom at makeshyft.com> wrote:

> Yeah...I've been trying to test my stack with versions that are past 8.14
> in hopes that certain glitches are getting resolved..... and they are.
>
> everything seems to be running fine...... BUT the standalone is twice the
> size.
>
> what could be causing that?  ...i've seen it a bunch of times now.
>
> I once watched the folder when the standalone is built. and its your
> .livecode file ..... that gets copied then renamed to exe file ..... by
> what magic this all happens, I guess I will find out iby looking at the
> build standalone code.
>
> So I'm guessing something isn't getting erased.
>
> any thoughts? i guess is should bug report it too.
>